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Urgent Action: VOTE ON URGENT TREATMENT OF SECURITY BILL (Brazil: UA 40.21)
Any day from April 14, 2021 on the National Congress could vote a requirement to process the bill nº 6.764/2002 on National Security Issues as an urgent matter and without…
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Regional Call: Unheard Voices Edition!
Register here All are welcome to join our Regional call where we’ll hear from three people whose human rights were violated. They will be centered for the express purpose of…
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Become a Volunteer Leader
As a grassroots membership organization, Amnesty International USA is led by volunteers and members across the country. Individuals can take action online, join activist networks and groups, and serve as…
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Applauds Virginia for Abolishing the Death Penalty
Reacting to news that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed a bill to abolish the death penalty in the Commonwealth, Kristina Roth, Senior Advocate for Criminal Justice Programs at Amnesty…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Verdict Upheld Against Loujain al-Hathloul (Saudi Arabia: UA 13.21)
On March 10, 2021, the Specialized Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia upheld the conviction of Saudi woman human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, confirming a sentence of five years and eight…
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Week of Action to Abolish the Death Penalty
March 1st – March 5th We can abolish the federal death penalty once and for all. The time is now. Join us for a week of activities to demand your…
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Catholicism and Capital Punishment
Please join us for an online conversation about the intersection of faith and the death penalty. Our panelists will share their personal experiences with the capital punishment system. A Question…
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Domestic Human Rights Policies Biden-Harris Administration Must Address in Early 2021
On February 18, 2021, Amnesty International USA wrote to the Biden-Harris Administration to share the organization's recommendations for domestic human rights policies the U.S. government should advance in early 2021.…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: Two Baluchi Prisoners at Risk of Execution (Iran: UA 22.21)
Death row prisoners from Iran’s Baluchi ethnic minority, Hamed Rigi and Mehran Naru’i, are at risk of execution. They have been subjected to serious human rights violations including enforced disappearance…
Press Release
President Biden Must Close Guantánamo Bay Detention Center, End Twenty Years of Human Rights Abuses
President Biden must commit to finishing what former President Obama failed to do: putting an end to this human rights atrocity by immediately transferring detainees not charged with crimes to…
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Coalition Letter to President Biden
You can download the letter here
Urgent Action
Urgent Action Update: Human Rights Defender Denied Civilian Court Trial (Pakistan: UA 159.19)
On 28 January 2021, the Peshawar High Court denied Idris Khattak’s appeal to be tried in a civilian court and confirmed that the hearing will take place in a military…